Black Holes and Strings: the Polymer Link
Ramzi R. Khuri (Queen Mary, Westfield College)
TL;DR
This paper explores potential novel connections between black holes, string theory, and soft-matter systems like polymers, suggesting new interdisciplinary links in quantum gravity research.
Contribution
It proposes speculative links between black holes, string theory, and polymers, opening new avenues for understanding quantum gravity.
Findings
String theory successfully reproduces black hole entropy.
Speculative links between black holes and polymers are proposed.
Potential interdisciplinary connections in quantum gravity are suggested.
Abstract
Quantum aspects of black holes represent an important testing ground for a theory of quantum gravity. The recent success of string theory in reproducing the Bekenstein-Hawking black hole entropy formula provides a link between general relativity and quantum mechanics via thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. Here we speculate on the existence of new and unexpected links between black holes and polymers and other soft-matter systems.
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